Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-27

demand or desire for change on the part
Of the people.
"ENIFLNG IN TWO DISTRICTS"
Under the above heading there appears
elsewhere In THE GAZETTE to-day IN
article from the Dallas News, which, if it
has purpose st all, must be taken as a
suggestion TO the threatened New Dem
ocracy of Texas to exclude from their
councils all men who voted tor state pro-
hibition, since 1t cannot be possible to
distinguish among the voters for state
prohibition those who voted for and
those who voted against Abbott and
Mills. 1t also suggests that "the 1900
cclored Republicans of Harrison county
who voted for Ross" indicate where the
leaders of the forthcoming New Dem
ocracy of Texas may look for recruits to
fill the places made vacant by the ex-
clusion of men who have always acted
with the Old Democracy Of Texas. The
News has developed wonderful concern
for the sanctity OF Democratic nomi-
nations, and, in view of all the
past, it may not be ungenerous to
suspect that 8 democracy" made
up OF colored and other Republic
can voters would be more palatable
to the News than one fashioned OF the
Democratic material which the News has
so often tried to disfgure.
The intelligent voters Of the Sixth
Congressional district will be greatly
surprised to learn that 'the prohibition
idea was at the bottom OF the Democratic
disaffection in Abbott's district" Not
one in thousand of them, perhaps,
knew last November whether Mr.. Abbott
was or was not Prohibitioniet; but they
did know that there IS very strong
'Greenback" vote in the district, and
that the labor trouble Of last year was
| utilized by a certain gentleman who is
snow among the leaders of that New
Democracy which the News evidently de-
sires TO create by misceg enation with
colored Republican voters in Harrison
and other counties; these voters of the
Sixth district also know that Mr.. Abbott
was compromise candidate, and
that whatever "dissffectionn existed
was born of the causes which
lie in Greenbackism and the lsbor agita-
ton, and that ''the prohibition idea" had
| Il ,r,;tl I'M ho
with the revolutions Of the earth. Dal-
las city voted against Abbott and prohibi-
ton, and Fort Worth voted for Abbott
! and prohibition.
The "cefection" in the Ninth district
was due as much if not more to personal
resentment than 10 "the prohibition
! is as pronounced an anti-Prohibitionist
as any man in the state, would not have
received 1904 more votes than did Mr.
Mills. And if "the prohibition idea" had
aught to do with the Abbott vote, it is
passing strange that Governor Ross, who
was known TO be an uncompromising
opponent Of prohibition, should have re-
ceived 7l5s more Totes than did Mr..
Abbott, whose views on prohibition were
not known to dozen men in the Sixth
district. MIR. Mills was reported TO have
said that no man could be q Prohibition
ist and 8 Democrat, and several other
bitter things about Prohibitionists. And
men who are now and have been lifelong
Democrats, resented this by scratching
Mr.. Mills name. II the News is epprised
of any method for controlling the per-
sonsl feelings of men, it will no doubt
give its New Democracy the recipe, and
thus save it from what happens to every
party in every state in the Union.
The GAZETTE believes that the only
way to maintain party organization, and
| to achieve the purposes Of such Or
gsniZation is to "vote the ticket straight
This paper takes its Democracy that way
and always expects to do so. The mai
who claims to be Democrat and asserts
his independence of party action ough
r never to sully bis pure soul by participa
, ton in Democratic convention; but thu
right to personal resentment is olde,
than parties and no psrty fealty can over.
t come it, and candidates for popular favo,
3 cannot expect to be permitted to ruth
? lessly tread upon the popular corns.
| In any event, it is not for those WHIT
i. proclaim their Own independence ofpart.
2 "machinery" to set up as teachers o
, partisan fealty and party discipline. Ac
r knowledging no allegiance to the Demo
r cratic party the Dallas News must re
p strict it's advice to that New Democrat.
in which DEGREES will be more st hom
= than will Reagan and Msxey.
Clnggett-Beattie.
e BAIRD. TEX, Aug. %, 1857.
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